Corona Devotionals

Seek the Lord , all who are humble,  and follow his commands.   Seek to do what is right  and to live humbly.   ~Zephaniah 2:3 ~~~ Let's keep it simple today.   God uses the Bible to speak to us , and to speak into  us.  Today He is using Zephaniah  to speak to us, and Z's words explaining the Lord's instruction are not difficult.  In fact, Zephaniah's words today are so simple that they are beautiful...and easy...and calming...and possible. Seeking our Savior can be steeped in simplicity.   Let it be so today, Lord.  Amen. Are we ready?  Ready to be simple in our spirituality, and humble in our approach of our Savior? Take a deep breath.  Exhale it slowly and let's be humble as we stumble toward the Lord today.   Seek the Lord , all who are humble, and follow his commands.   Seek to do what is right and to live humbly.   ~Zephaniah 2:3 ~~~  Seek the Lord , all who are...

My husband and I were pretty conservative parents when it came to introducing "scary" stuff to our children. Even though I grew up watching "Scooby Doo" cartoons, we withheld (even) those cartoons from our children when they were small--too many ghosts, goblins, and spooky things that we just weren't ready to fill their minds with when they were young. And the same was true for Halloween. Our oldest is almost twenty years old, but he can still recall his elementary years and (obediently) closing his eyes as we would drive by the houses decked-out with skeletons and gravesites in their front yards. The "scary" of life is always available...and will be learned, but (my husband and I) were never in a hurry to introduce it. Which brings me to God's Word today. I would prefer to skip-the-chapter of Revelation 9 , or at the very least close-our-eyes, and drive right by it. But every word of God is pure;  He is a shield to those who put their t...

It's an uphill battle, for sure: this life lived for the Lord.   Some days (most days?) we can feel alone in our pursuit of God's holiness.  Everyone around us is in pursuit of themselves , it seems, and if this is a war that we are waging with the world, many days it feels as if we are losing. Self-focus/Self-pleasure/Self-truth: these breed and bring  violence  (when people do not get their  way).  Evil deeds  rise and run rampant.  People without God and without His purposes are miserable and they produce misery  for others.   Do we feel like we are an army of one (for the Lord) today?   Habakkuk did too. Haba- who ?   Habakkuk .  He was a prophet of the Lord, and he begins his book of the Bible lamenting the brokenness of the world, but not just  that people are broken, but that these (Godless) people are mean, evil, destructive, argumentative, and wicked  to us. Ever feel the same?--As if...

"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep..."  (From the poem "Christmas Bells", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). News flash! This just in!   All points bulletin! God ( our  God...the one, true God) is NOT dead.  And nor does He sleep.   Brothers and Sisters in faith: God is alive,  and well, and breathing His Holy Spirit into us and into the next generation.   Believe it!  I'm  seeing  it, and I pray that you are too. Yes--- the service-of-self has replaced service-to-our-Lord in many people... But, YES!!!  There is also an undeniable movement, a shift, a hunger and a renewal-of-faith in our young people and (while some wander), others are blossoming in faith and focus on the Lord. "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep..." (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). The Lord went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or...